What Really Lowers Crime

It turns out income, housing, and access to care stand a much better chance of creating public safety than other strategies---all while ensuring communities are safer, healthier, and more able to thrive.
Read the ReportInteracting with the police, being arrested, or spending time behind bars make it more difficult for a person to get a quality education and access to opportunity. If we care about improving opportunity—and public safety—through education, we must consider shrinking the criminal legal system itself.
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